Finally! Using Nanoscience to Destroy Human Cells
Might as well use it to cure cancer:
"It sneaks in, evades the immune system, delivers the siRNA, and the disassembled components exit out."
But seriously, why stop at cancer?
"What's so exciting is that virtually any gene can be targeted now. Every protein now is druggable. My hope is to make tumours melt away while maintaining a high quality of life for the patients. We're moving another step closer to being able to do that now."
Not in the article, but read from a slashdot comment: "The nanoparticles have a component that attaches to the transferrin receptor on the surface of a cancer cell. Transferrin receptors are highly abundant on cancer cells because iron (what transferrin carries) is needed for cell division processes."
Read all about it.
"It sneaks in, evades the immune system, delivers the siRNA, and the disassembled components exit out."
But seriously, why stop at cancer?
"What's so exciting is that virtually any gene can be targeted now. Every protein now is druggable. My hope is to make tumours melt away while maintaining a high quality of life for the patients. We're moving another step closer to being able to do that now."
Not in the article, but read from a slashdot comment: "The nanoparticles have a component that attaches to the transferrin receptor on the surface of a cancer cell. Transferrin receptors are highly abundant on cancer cells because iron (what transferrin carries) is needed for cell division processes."
Read all about it.